<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer</link><description><![CDATA[WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:05:19 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><atom:link href="http://wcbstv.com/consumer/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Haggling Can Pay Off During Tough Economic Times]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/getting.the.best.2.722348.html</link><description><![CDATA[Everybody likes to save money, especially during tougher economic times, and sometimes all consumers have to do is ask. ]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/getting.the.best.2.722348.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:32:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple: iPhone Sold Out Online In U.S., U.K.]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/iphone.sold.out.2.722366.html</link><description><![CDATA[Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet surfing speeds. ]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/iphone.sold.out.2.722366.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 02:04:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Says JetBlue Pilot Forced Him To Sit On Toilet]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/jetblue.gokhan.mutlu.2.722250.html</link><description><![CDATA[A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/jetblue.gokhan.mutlu.2.722250.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:27:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategy From The '70s Helps Reduce Grocery Bills]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/stocking.up.food.2.721817.html</link><description><![CDATA[Stocking the freezer and filling the pantry with sale-priced food items is an effective way to fight sky rocketing prices, says Randi Levin, a food authority and award winning author from Evergreen.]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/stocking.up.food.2.721817.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:30:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postage Rates Go Up Today]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/stamp.mail.letter.2.721595.html</link><description><![CDATA[Before you drop your letters or bill payments in the mail, you may want to double check the amount of postage you have on it. The cost to send a first class letter goes from 41-cents to 42-cents today.]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/stamp.mail.letter.2.721595.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:49:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Farmers: High Demand, Price Of Rice Good News]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/price.demand.rice.2.721264.html</link><description><![CDATA[The greater demand for rice and new foreign customers driving the global price
hike have been a boon to American farmers, who are welcoming the
reprieve after years of shouldering high fuel and fertilizer costs and
weak prices for their grain.									]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/price.demand.rice.2.721264.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:20:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wall Street Looks To Consumers For Direction]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/wall.street.consumers.2.721316.html</link><description><![CDATA[With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Street
wants to know where that money will be spent -- and this week's data
could help investors gauge the mind-set of the average consumer.									]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/wall.street.consumers.2.721316.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:31:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gas Prices Giving Bike Sales, Repairs A Boost]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/gas.bike.sales.2.721344.html</link><description><![CDATA[Bicycle shops across the country are reporting strong sales so far this
year, and more people are bringing in bikes that have been idled for
years, thanks to rising fuel prices, bike dealers say.									]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/gas.bike.sales.2.721344.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:51:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Dollars, A Stay-At-Home Mom's Salary: $117,000]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/mothers.day.salaries.2.721117.html</link><description><![CDATA[		<span>If a stay-at-home mom could be compensated in dollars rather than personal satisfaction and unconditional love, she could command a salary in the area of $117,000 a year, according to a research firm that studies workplace compensation.</span> ]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/mothers.day.salaries.2.721117.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 03:26:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman Sings Away Her Gas Price Frustrations]]></title><link>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/sandra.lewis.gas.2.721051.html</link><description><![CDATA[While everyone is fed up about with the outrageous gas prices, one woman is expressing her frustrations by singing creative tunes. ]]></description><guid>http://wcbstv.com/consumer/sandra.lewis.gas.2.721051.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:16:17 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>